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octa-

a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek and Latin, where it meant “eight” (octagon; octastyle), on this model, used in the formation of compound words, and in chemical terms specialized to mean “having eight atoms” (octavalent).

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Nearby words

ocs, oct, oct-, oct., octa, octa-, octachord, octad, octadecanoic acid, octagon, octagon house
Also oct-, octo-.

Origin of octa-

< Greek okta-, combining form of oktṓ eight
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British Dictionary definitions for octa-

octa-

combining form

a variant of octo-
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